Significance

Demonstrates the Museum's ticketing systems and ongoing production of tickets.

Physical description

Block of 100 tickets - dark blue ink on off white paper, with ticket number in black ink denomination 80c, headed Ballarat Vintage Tramway. On rear in blue ink are details of the BTPS. The 100 tickets have been stapled onto a heavy brown cardboard back with a heavy metal staple and a small brown cardboard retaining strip at the top of the ticket.



2257.1 - A000001 to A000100 (The first block collected at the time of issue 1/11/1985)

2257.2 - A027001 to A027100 - collected 28/12/2002.

2257.3 - A049901 to A50000 (last block) - collected 30/6/2004 and added.



The tickets are in the style of the former State Electricity Commission of Victoria tramway tickets.



Tickets in use as adult return fare from 1/11/85 to 30/11/87 and child return fare from 1/7/1991 to 1/11/98.



See BTM fare chart